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Also known as Gacheta

Gachetá, Cundinamarca is a municipality and town of Colombia, capital of the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachetá is situated at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Machetá and Manta in the north, the department of Boyacá and Ubalá in the east, Gama and Junín in the south and Guatavita in the west.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Gachetá is referenced by 146 other articles, and connects out to Colombia, Bogotá and coffee.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1593.

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Gachetá, Cundinamarca
Settlement.etymology
Muysccubun: "Behind our farmfields"
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline
Iglesia de Gacheta.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Church of Gachetá
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Gachetá.svg
Settlement.image_seal
EscudoGacheta.svg
Settlement.image_map
Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachetá.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality and town of Gachetá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map
Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Guavio Province
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Country
Colombia
Area
262.16
Elevation
1795
Capital of
Guavio Province
Image
Iglesia de Gacheta.jpg
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Commons category
Gachetá
inception
1593-01-01
different from
Guachetá
language of work or name
Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview

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Gachetá, Cundinamarca is a municipality and town of Colombia, capital of the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachetá is situated at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Machetá and Manta in the north, the department of Boyacá and Ubalá in the east, Gama and Junín in the south and Guatavita in the west.

== Etymology == The name Gachetá comes from Muysccubun and means "behind our farmfields".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gachetá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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